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A complete CG studio in one affordable package

MODO is a complete solution for modeling, design exploration, game creation, character animation and advertising media production. MODO puts the fun back into 3D content creation and design, so you can freely explore your creative ideas and achieve high-quality, photorealistic results in less time.

"As an Artist coming from Maya, it's important for me to feel comfortable in an application I use every day - MODO feels like my living room I have at home."

Andy Probst, CG Artist

"I'm a 3ds Max user for a long time and there is no tool like MODO's workplane in Max...so intuitive and easy to control."

Bruno Santos, 3D Artist

"The Integration of MODO into my Cinema 4D workflow enhances my work due to MODO’s core toolset which is solidly evolving."

Mike Griggs, CGI Artist and Animator

MODO does it all

Animation

Incorporating traditional animation techniques applied in innovative ways, MODO's animation framework is highly customizable to meet the most demanding of production challenges.

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Presets

With MODO's flexible and efficient preset system, you can save selected parts of processes or content for reuse elsewhere, or for sharing useful techniques or approved assets with other team members.

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MODO loves communicating

When you need to create convincing stills and animations that communicate, visualize or sell an idea, MODO makes it easy to generate something that looks real, fast. Go beyond the 2D world to immerse your audience in the reality your client wants them to experience, whether or not it already exists!

Creative modeling without constraints

Focus on your art and let MODO worry about the technical side, with fast, intuitive, artist-friendly modeling workflows. Slice, slide, bridge, extend and extrude at will to create better surfaces without slowing down.

Make your assets work for you

Segment your work into more manageable parts, avoid repetitive modeling tasks and create repeatable looks. MODO lets you easily create libraries of mesh presets that you can reuse yourself or share with your team.

Fast and flexible shader creation

Exploit the power of MODO’s layer-based and nodal shading systems to easily build sophisticated materials. Create, modify or reuse presets with intuitive drag-and-drop workflows to quickly develop the look you want.

High-performance rendering: included

Photorealistic rendering at amazing speeds and enormous resolutions comes right in the MODO box. From your first preview to your final frame, MODO’s production-proven renderer helps you stay on deadline and on budget.

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MODO loves creating

Conceive, explore and create anything from sunglasses to submarines in MODO's intuitive 3D environment. From fast iterations to final production meshes, MODO's built-in sculpting and painting, best-in-class precision modeling, and photorealistic rendering tools help you design the future, today.

Build your own kit of specialized tools by combining different operations, with MODO’s flexible tool assembly system. With MODO, every job you do becomes easier, as you develop efficiencies that make you more productive.

Don’t reinvent the wheel!

There’s no sense starting from scratch when data already exists in digital form. With MODO’s extensive range of file formats and tools you can import, fix and build upon data from many CAD and 3D applications.

Get more out of MODO with Kits

Extend and enhance MODO to fit your needs with tailored Kits custom developed by our team of experts. Kits are collections of “smart content” that combine scripts, plug-ins and presets to solve specific challenges.

Use MODO alongside other applications in the CAD pipeline to take advantage of their specialized features, with the ability to import and export a number of common polygonal and NURBS-based formats.

MODO allowed me to build to an accuracy of 1/16 inch - more than adequate for set construction. The ease of modeling and rapid replication of elements gave me the ability to generate ideas quickly but accurately, thus speeding up the design process.

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MODO loves entertaining

From big-screen blockbusters to TV commercials, MODO offers you a complete solution for creating 3D visual effects. Fully customizable and easily integrated into existing pipelines, MODO delivers powerful tools for modeling, character animation, effects and rendering in one intuitive package.

Make all the right moves

With traditional techniques applied in innovative new ways, MODO makes animation easy to learn and fun to use. What’s more, a uniquely flexible deformation system lets you meet the most demanding production challenges.

Simulate in context

Like so many aspects of MODO, dynamics follow its holistic approach. Experience the power of node-based particles, dynamics and rigging all working with one another within the schematic viewport.

Render film-quality frames

Create stunning, high-quality imagery that rivals any leading rendering solution with MODO's built-in renderer. Support for OpenColorIO and flexible render passes ensure integration with compositing solutions like NUKE.

Integrate, automate, extend

Integrate MODO into pipelines or extend its functionality with the Python API or C++ SDK. The command-based system lets you quickly script automation tasks by harvesting specific code from the Command History viewport.

Create gorgeous images and animations fast, with MODO's high-quality renderer, progressive refinement previewer that updates as you make changes, and unlimited network rendering included in the box.

There are lots of possibilities for rapid, generalist end-to-end shot creation using other commercial tools, but that process isn’t nearly as easy as it is with MODO. This is, in part, thanks to MODO simply being newer technology. It’s further along the curve, so what we’ve been able to do using MODO has been really remarkable. I never expected the renderer to be able to perform the way it does in a million years, and it ended up being a godsend for us on COSMOS, for a lot of the microscopic level stuff in particular.

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MODO loves playing

Create games that keep players coming back for more, with MODO's innovative 3D game design tools. Whether it's characters, props and environments for real time gameplay, or compelling cinematics that rival feature films, MODO delivers the tools you need to bring interactive worlds to life.

MODO takes the drudgery out of tedious UV creation tasks, with a toolset that integrates fully with modeling and selection workflows. You can even use falloffs and sculpting tools to deform, smudge and smooth your UVS.

Sculpt where you model

From roughing out terrain to creating highly detailed characters, MODO’s intuitive, high-quality sculpting toolset saves you time. Sculpting works side by side with modeling and painting for an uninterrupted workflow.

Create a range of looks from photo-real to cartoon-style and everything in-between, with MODO’s look development tools. A nodal layered shading system and texture baking tools complete the picture.

Nothing else touches MODO right out of the box. The modeling tools in MODO are first class as far as I’m concerned. This is super important for me since I’m always moving around from project to project and workstation to workstation. I need something that has very little maintenance and reliance on third party software.